Kaizen Workshop (Yagna) Blog

A focused collective approach towards World Class
The Kaizen Workshop is a five day intensive workshop focused on making improvements by surfacing hidden problems‚ finding solutions for them throug...Read More..

Vedzen Institute is a corporate body formed to hand-hold clients in their pursuit of business excellence, to promote lean thinking and a culture of World Class Excellence in all walks of Life.
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We are a Group of Practitioners with “Hands-on” Production and Management Experience in implementing WCM in India, and overseas specializing in Japanese production techniques such as JIT / SMED / ...Read More..

THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2009
Interview of the Kaizen Master Masaki Imai
The 73-year-old mind of Masaaki Imai runs razor sharp belying the frailty of his small frame. He talks with sincere conviction, p...Read More..

POWER OF GEMBA & DIGNITY OF LABOUR
We recently conducted a Gemba Waste Workshop at a multinational corporation for middle and senior managers. Identifying waste in the Gemba has been the most p...Read More..

Mr. Sanjiv Dange is a principal practitioner with Vedzen Institute. An avid traveler himself, this time he flew into a nightmare.
- I had just finished my assignment for the day & travelle...Read More..

Theme: Lean Leadership
2011 marks a decade where we have access to the best of technology and resources, moreover a free flowing global economy. Our thinking is exploratory rather than definitive o...Read More..

Dear Fellow Leaners,
We are in the process of completing our second movie on the Lean Kaizen concepts. This time we have chosen the most popular yet confusing topic of 8 Wastes or Muda (in Japanese...Read More..

These days you may be hearing a lot talk regarding “going lean” and “implementing leanpractices,” what does this truly mean? When a company implements lean practices they are essentially looki...Read More..

When many people attempt to solve a problem, they make the mistake of placing an emphasis on either the problem or solution.
To properly solve problems, it is very important to make sure you take t...Read More..

Everybody loves being organized. It removes the stress in locating an object or doing a planned activity. Isn’t it amazing that you find your wallet or the car keys in the right place when you want ...Read More..

The aim of every business organization is to gain profits by manufacturing products or providing services. If business is set up for earning profits, obviously, it aims at gaining maximum profits. In ...Read More..

How many business gurus of small, medium or large enterprises can say that they have not heard of #LEAN? I think not many. Yet how many believes in lean, have they implemented?
What is Lean?
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Isolated Islands of Production facility may build up within a factory over time. We must keep on curing the creation of a monument within a process anywhere in the factory. Any pocket of excellenc...Read More..